Supermarket Foes Still Fighting

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Galt Ocean Mile residents, who unsuccessfully fought in City Hall to kill a supermarket project in their neighborhood, are continuing their opposition in court.

More than 200 residents last week met and decided to continue their legal challenge on the grounds that a supermarket violates a property deed restriction that prohibits nuisances from being built there.

Barnet Daniels, president of the Galt Owners Association, said a lawsuit filed in Broward Circuit Court is an amended version of an original suit a judge dismissed because it lacked sufficient information.

The revised suit names the developer of the supermarket complex, Southern Centers Associates, and the owners of the property, Coral Ridge Properties.

Daniels said last week`s meeting was held to discuss strategy and to replenish the groups war chest, which to date has totaled about $70,000.

``We`re seeking for a court order to enforce the restrictive covenance,`` Daniels said. ``It would mean no such project and no other nuisance project could ever be built on this land -- it wouldn`t even permit a covenience store.``